Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!micor!isishq!evanc
From: evanc@isishq.fidonet.org (Evan Champion)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Running a DOS BBS in Unix
Message-ID: <15H432w163w@isishq.fidonet.org>
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 91 21:03:47 EDT
References: <1991Jun04.173624.12281@nstar.rn.com>
Organization: International Shared Information Service

larry@nstar.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:

> evanc@isishq.fidonet.org (Evan Champion) writes:
> 
> >Is this memory overhead or just that it will run too slowly.  If it is 
> >memory, then that isn't really a problem with 8 mb of RAM, but I could see a
> >slow communications driver.  So, there is no way to run a DOS board under 
> >Unix?
> 
> Not at high speeds --  2400 baud is possible - maybe even 9600 baud -
> but forget 38400 
> 
> there are several problems - one is SCO's asy driver, and another is
> DOS merge and/or VPIX itself.
> 
> If you want to run a DOS board - boot DOS.
> 
> -- 
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Well it would not really be 38400...  It is 14400 plus compression, with the 
port locked at 38400.

Evan